Not much more can be said except - we've found round kitchens in Germany. RoundKitchen.com has a set of brands including the Round Kitchen brand - and you can email info at roundkitchen.com for more details. We really like the look, and wish we had room here at Kitchen Contraptions to get a round kitchen of our own.
Favorite Kitchen Tools and Gadgets - What are yours?
One of our favorites - a micro-plane lemon zester,
which is great for grating cheese too.
Kitchen Contraptions reader Ann wrote in about this amazing round-up of kitchen gadgets and tools. We have to say - it's really impressive, and we've featured many of the same gadgets here at Kitchen Contraptions.
We'd love for you to sound off in the comments on what your favorite kitchen gadgets and tools are as well.
Typically each day we feature a new kitchen contraption, but today we thought we'd pass along the Top 10 Elements of Basic Kitchen Knowledge to you our loyal readers. It's interesting to note after an informal quiz around the test kitchen, many folks here had the wrong answers for many baiscs below. Go figure. We of course scored 10 out of 10, and think these are all really solid points to know. Do you know of any others? Sound off in the comments.
1. Salt dissolves in water.
2. Salt does not dissolve in oil.
3. Oil does not dissolve in water.
4. Water boils at 100 C (212 F).
5. Generally foods contain mostly water (or another fluid).
6. Foods without water or fluid are tough.
7. Some proteins (in eggs, meat, fish) coagulate.
8. Collagen dissolves in water at temperatures higher than 55 C (131 F).
9. Dishes are dispersed systems (combinations of gas, liquid or solid ingredients transformed by cooking).
10. Some chemical processes - such as the Maillard Reaction (browning or caramelizing) - generate new flavors.
We couldn't pass up telling you about the deals at Amazon. You can get the Braun WK200W Aqua Express Electric Water Kettle for $25, and there's deals on mixers, bread makers, and other kitchen contraptions. We recommend pricing these out, but many of these deals are more than 50% the regular price.
What are we thank for? You of course! We want to thank all of our faithful readers, advertisers, and others that make Kitchen Contraptions a success. Our traffic and viewship this year has been 2.5x last year, making this a very special holiday season here at Kitchen Contraptions.
Right now we're brining our Turkey with a maple-brown sugar-salt and spice brine. We're also prepping for a day of eating by looking back at 2008. Thanks again to everyone who makes this site a success.
If you're heading out this holiday week for some shopping, we recommend you check out our 2008 Kitchen Contraptions Holiday Shopping Guide. It will save you loads of time on figuring out what to buy for that kitchen gadget or cooking wonder in your life. We'll be taking off today through Friday off, but normal operations will resume on Monday. See you after the holiday!
Wireless Blender Uses Power from Your Countertops Not Cords
This has to be seen to be believed, but this blender works without a power cord or cable by simply placing it on an eCoupled-enabled countertop or work surface. Unlike low-powered devices such as cell phones and MP3 players that only need five watts or less, high-powered kitchen devices like blenders, grills, and coffee makers often require kilowatts of power - a much greater technological challenge.
Well it looks like they've done it. And I can't tell you how quickly I'd replace our countertops and cook surfaces if this becomes mainstream. Killer.
Do you have a Kindle? If so you can now subscribe to Kitchen Contraptions on it. Yep - you can download all of our stories each month, and then fire up your favorite kitchen contraption and make something yummy. Sure you can read it on the web, but isn't cooler reading it on a wireless device? We think so. Just file this under shameless self-promotion, and welcome to the 21st century.
It's Monday and we're just not ready for a kitchen contraption, and if you're like the staff here - you've consumed too much bacon over the weekend made from your favorite bacon cooker. But even with all that bacon consumption, you'll miss bacon all week long. We give you - Bacon Floss. This waxed floss is flavored like crispy fried bacon, making flossing a little more fun and bacony. Happy Monday everyone, and may bacon find it's way to you all week long even if it's just between your teeth.
Reader Denise F. has written in to get some help from the readers of Kitchen Contraptions. Do you know what this item is in the picture - we think it's some type of a serving tray you can keep food warm in with steam heat of some sorts, or just warm.
I was at a public sale a few weeks ago, and bought an old electric percolator for $1.00. Because the auctioneers did not know what this was, and seemingly neither did anyone else in attendance, it came "with" my coffee pot. Do YOU have any ideas? It's plastic, 14 inches long, 6 1/2 inches wide and 1 1/2 inches high. The base is non stick with a 1 inch hole in one corner and it has a plastic dome lid. It has no company markings, just a sticker that says made in Taiwan.
Sound off in the comments and help Denise figure out what this kitchen contraption is.
Electrolux Kitchen Stars - Become a Star in Your Kitchen
Electrolux wants to have you send in pictures and win one of their new Eureka Electrolux Ergorapido vacuums - all you have to be is a Kitchen Star. Who is a Kitchen Star? You are a Kitchen Star if you have one or more freestanding or built-in Electrolux appliances in your kitchen and have a story to tell about a moment when you felt like a star in your kitchen.
How to become a Kitchen Star? Send a photograph of yourself in your kitchen with a short description of a “kitchen star moment” – perhaps a perfectly cooked meal on a date, or when you redecorated your kitchen, gave birth on the kitchen floor, proposed to your wife at the breakfast table, or just cooked that very special meal for a very special person.
The selected 90 Kitchen Stars will all receive the iconic Eureka Electrolux Ergorapido in addition to being featured in the online gallery, the photo exhibition as well as the book and any other material developed around the Electrolux anniversary celebrations.
Viatek Ionic Air Freshening CFL Light Bulb - Be Green and Clean in the Kitchen
Want your kitchen to smell a little fresher, and help stop global warming? The Ionic Compact Fluorescent Light bulb uses just 15 watts while producing 60 watts of light, and the ionizer inside the bulb helps to keep air fresh. The Ionic Bulb purifies the air by generating negative ions that attach to and eliminate hundreds of air contaminants (positively charged ions). These ions attach themselves to pollutants and drops them to the floor where they an easily be vacuumed.
One of our readers Lana has written in with a very interesting kitchen contraption - okay so not totally kitchen gadget related, but it is indeed a blast. Much like Easy Cheese except more organic and less cheesy, the Batter Blaster™ makes organic light and fluffy pancakes and light and crisp waffles in minutes. How does it do it? How about a pressurized can with a ton of pancake or waffle batter in it. Batter Blaster is fast, easy and fun for the whole family, plus it looks like a lot less mess for those sleepy Sunday morning pancake festivals in our kitchen.
We've just received a sampling of home and kitchen organization products from IKEA. We often venture to IKEA, but often miss the home goods area as we speed through with our 2 kids who are about to meltdown. Next time we think we'll spend a trip to the home goods area instead of venturing into the upper area of furniture after seeing many of the home and kitchen organizing products IKEA offers.
One product we received which has made the transition from Winter to Spring a bit easier is the resealable heavy duty plastic bags. We'll be using them to store some clothes for next year, and another is the DISTANS food savers. You can stack these little wonders, and put in the food our kids didn't eat the night before for a lunch the next day. We also like the cutlery tray, our older tray was made of white metal and was not as easy to clean and wash out as this one.
The IKEA 365+ food savers are already in use as well. We have been storing O's and other cereals in them for a week, and we've had much less mess on the floor and counters from using them.
Thanks to IKEA for sending. We're feeling a bit more organized already.
We've got a great sale for you on lots of kitchen gadgets. You can Save up to 50% on Kitchen Shears, Garlic Presses, and Other Cook's Tools at Amazon.com, and that means many of the items we've featured over the past 3 months for holiday shopping - are here for holiday saving. The sale lasts through February 28th, and you can expect to find kitchen tool essentials, including kitchen shears, garlic presses, wine openers, and more.
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